Because of the way we interact as a staff, people have found it helpful to know who influences our staff. Below is a list of what our entire pastoral staff has read and is reading - it isn't exhaustive or inclusive - it's just for your information as you seek to understand the staff of our church.
JESUS:
The Challenge of Jesus, NT Wright
Simply Jesus, NT Wright
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Kenneth Bailey
The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited, Scot McKnight
The Scapegoat, René Girard and Yvonne Freccero
PAUL AND THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS:
Paul Among the People, Sarah Ruden
Paul: In Fresh Perspective, NT Wright
What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity, NT Wright
Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision, NT Wright
The New Interpreter's Bible: Romans commentary, NT Wright
The Moral Vision of the New Testament, Richard B. Hays
Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion, E.P. Sanders
Paul and the Faithfulness of God, NT Wright
BIBLICAL META-NARRATIVE:
The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows, James Bryan Smith
The Drama of Scripture, Michael W. Goheen & Craig G. Bartholomew
The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, Scot McKnight
The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture, Christian Smith
Beyond the Pale: Reading Theology From the Margins, Miguel A. De La Torre and Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale, Frederick Buechner
N. T. Wrightʼs Hermeneutic: An Exploration (PDF), Robert Stewart
Critical Realism, New Testament and the People of God 34- 40, N.T. Wright
What We Talk About When We Talk About God, Rob Bell
CULTURE (INCL. RELIGIOUS PLUARLISM, GENDER/SEXUALITY, SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS):
Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist, Dave Schmelzer
Culture Making, Andy Crouch
Jesus Brand Spirituality, Ken Wilson
Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation, James K. A. Smith
Deep Church, Jim Belcher
Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation, Miroslav Volf
Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission, Sherwood Lingenfelter
A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture, Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, Madeleine L'Engle
Strength to Love, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Last Word, N.T. Wright
Proper Confidence, Lesslie Newbigin
The Open Secret, Lesslie Newbigin
The Gospel In a Pluralist Society, Lesslie Newbigin
The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity, Roger E. Olson
Muslims, Christians, and Jesus: Gaining Understanding and Building Relationships, Carl Medearis
Buddhists Talk About Jesus, Christians Talk About the Buddha, Edited by Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck
Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee
See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity, Amy Frykholm
Love Is an Orientation, Andrew Marin
Saving God's Green Earth, Tri Robinson
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins
The Language of Science and Faith, Karl Giberson and Francis Collins
The Lost World of Genesis One, John Walton
The Myth of a Christian Nation, Gregory Boyd
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion, Jonathan Haidt
EMERGENT FAITH:
The Great Emergence, Phyllis Tickle
An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches, Ray Anderson
Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts, Paul Hiebert
How (Not) to Speak of God, Peter Rollins
A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian McLaren
Repenting of Religion, Gregory Boyd
The New Christians, Tony Jones
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES, SOUL CARE, HEALING:
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, James Martin
Mystically Wired, Ken Wilson
Naturally Supernatural, Gary Best
Power Healing, John Wimber
A Long Obedience In the Same Direction, Eugene Peterson
To Love as God Loves, Roberta C. Bondi
Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, Marjorie J. Thompson
The Way of the Heart: Connecting With God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence, Henri Nouwen
The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting, Mahesh Chavda
OTHER:
The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Dale Carnegie
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, Mark A. Noll
JESUS:
The Challenge of Jesus, NT Wright
Simply Jesus, NT Wright
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Kenneth Bailey
The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited, Scot McKnight
The Scapegoat, René Girard and Yvonne Freccero
PAUL AND THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS:
Paul Among the People, Sarah Ruden
Paul: In Fresh Perspective, NT Wright
What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity, NT Wright
Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision, NT Wright
The New Interpreter's Bible: Romans commentary, NT Wright
The Moral Vision of the New Testament, Richard B. Hays
Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion, E.P. Sanders
Paul and the Faithfulness of God, NT Wright
BIBLICAL META-NARRATIVE:
The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows, James Bryan Smith
The Drama of Scripture, Michael W. Goheen & Craig G. Bartholomew
The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, Scot McKnight
The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture, Christian Smith
Beyond the Pale: Reading Theology From the Margins, Miguel A. De La Torre and Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale, Frederick Buechner
N. T. Wrightʼs Hermeneutic: An Exploration (PDF), Robert Stewart
Critical Realism, New Testament and the People of God 34- 40, N.T. Wright
What We Talk About When We Talk About God, Rob Bell
CULTURE (INCL. RELIGIOUS PLUARLISM, GENDER/SEXUALITY, SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS):
Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist, Dave Schmelzer
Culture Making, Andy Crouch
Jesus Brand Spirituality, Ken Wilson
Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation, James K. A. Smith
Deep Church, Jim Belcher
Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation, Miroslav Volf
Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission, Sherwood Lingenfelter
A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture, Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, Madeleine L'Engle
Strength to Love, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Last Word, N.T. Wright
Proper Confidence, Lesslie Newbigin
The Open Secret, Lesslie Newbigin
The Gospel In a Pluralist Society, Lesslie Newbigin
The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity, Roger E. Olson
Muslims, Christians, and Jesus: Gaining Understanding and Building Relationships, Carl Medearis
Buddhists Talk About Jesus, Christians Talk About the Buddha, Edited by Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck
Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee
See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity, Amy Frykholm
Love Is an Orientation, Andrew Marin
Saving God's Green Earth, Tri Robinson
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins
The Language of Science and Faith, Karl Giberson and Francis Collins
The Lost World of Genesis One, John Walton
The Myth of a Christian Nation, Gregory Boyd
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion, Jonathan Haidt
EMERGENT FAITH:
The Great Emergence, Phyllis Tickle
An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches, Ray Anderson
Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts, Paul Hiebert
How (Not) to Speak of God, Peter Rollins
A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian McLaren
Repenting of Religion, Gregory Boyd
The New Christians, Tony Jones
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES, SOUL CARE, HEALING:
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, James Martin
Mystically Wired, Ken Wilson
Naturally Supernatural, Gary Best
Power Healing, John Wimber
A Long Obedience In the Same Direction, Eugene Peterson
To Love as God Loves, Roberta C. Bondi
Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, Marjorie J. Thompson
The Way of the Heart: Connecting With God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence, Henri Nouwen
The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting, Mahesh Chavda
OTHER:
The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Dale Carnegie
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, Mark A. Noll
